Ferroelectric liquid crystal compounds containing halogenated cores and chiral haloalkoxy tail units
US5422037A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 19, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC09K19/588
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The subject application discloses chiral nonracemic compositions of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an achiral tail of two to sixteen carbons; Ar is an achiral FLC core of at least two rings; * denotes a chiral or potentially chiral carbon; Q and D are H or a methyl group, provided that q and D are not both methyl; X and Z are halides and Y is H or a halide; and R.sub.2 is one to ten carbon atoms. The --O--C*HQ--C*DX--C*HY-- segment comprises the chiral proximal segment of the chiral tail. Z can be an ortho halide alone, or ortho and meta halides on adjacent carbons on the aromatic ring of the core adjacent to the proximal segment. R.sub.2 is the distal segment of the chiral tail. The proximal segment is selected from the diastereomers and enantiomers: ##STR2##
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